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Kansas board agrees to seek federal approval for innovative distributed assessment pilot
Summary
The Kansas State Board of Education voted to ask the state Department of Education to apply for an Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority waiver to pilot a standards‑aligned, distributed assessment system in selected districts that could replace the single end‑of‑year summative test for accountability.
The Kansas State Board of Education voted to request that the Kansas State Department of Education submit an application to the U.S. Department of Education to pilot an innovative, curriculum‑directed assessment system that would use multiple benchmark assessments across the school year in place of a single end‑of‑year summative exam.
Dr. Nent, who led the presentation, told the board the demonstration authority would let participating districts use four or more benchmark assessments — with results returned to teachers within roughly 72 hours — to produce a summative score for federal accountability. He said six…
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